Mechanical toy



Nov. 20, 1923 1,474,852

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. ANTHONY S. R-YBACK, OF 'DEPEVY, NEW YORK.

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Application filed January 11, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY S. RYBAQK, citizen of Poland, residing atDepew, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mechanical toys,

1 and it has for an object to provide toy adapted to simulate themovements of a work-man at a power forging machine.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following de 1scription and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in whichthe various novel features of the invention are more particularly setforth.

Fig. 1 ofv the drawings is a partial side view of a mechanical toyconstructed according to the invention, the .mannikin being omitted.

Fig. 2-is a similar view, but looking in the opposite direction.

Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

- As here embodied my improved toy comprises a frame consisting of abase 10 and uprights 11 suitably joined together. In this frame aclock-spring motor 12 of ordinary construction is mounted and drives,through a train of gears indicated generally at 13, ahorizontal shaft 14journaled in the frame. Upon shaft 14 is fixed a pulley 15 connected'by'a cross belt 16 with a second pulley 17 fixed on a stub shaft 18journaled in the upper end of the frame.

Extending vertically along one side of the frame is a slotted guideelement 20 in which is slidably guided a crosshead 21. This crosshead 21is connected by a rod 22 with a crank disk 23 also fixed on the stubshaft 18. Fixed to the lower end of the crosshead 21 is a downwardlyprojecting arm 24 having a hook or finger 25 at its lower end. Thisfinger engages under a pin'26 fixed on a sleeve 27 slidable on the guideelement 20. Projecting rigidly from this sleeve 27 is a horizontal arm28 to which is pivotally connected as at 29 the jointed and hinged leg30 of a mannikin 31, the other leg of the mannikin being rigid, themannikin being fixed on the base 10 and representing a blacksmith atwork at a power hammer or power forge.

Serial No. 528,488.

The shaft 14 has fixed thereto. in addition to the pulley 15, an arm 35carrying a pin 36 adapted to engage and depress a vertical bar 37slidable in a guide element 38 30 on the frame, the bar 37 having aninwardly projecting finger 39 on its lower end against which the pin 36bears. The upper end of the slide bar 38 is connected by a link 40 withan arm 41 fixed on a rock shaft 42 journaled in the upper part of theframe. On this shaft 42 a drum 44 is also rigidly mounted and hasattached thereto the upper end of a cord 45 whose lower end is attached,as indicated at 46 in Fig. 4, to a cylindrical block 47 slidable on avertical rod 48, the rod 48 having a projecting element 49 on one sideengaging a slot 50 in one of the frame uprights to prevent rotarymovement of the block, the cord 45 being attached to this projectingelement 49. The rod 48 is fixed at its upper end in a member 51 shapedtorepresent a. vertically disposed engine cylinder, and at its lower endto a base block 52 representing the anvil of a power hammer.

The mannikin 31, before referred to, has the arms thereof hinged to thebody as at 55, the right arm 56 carrying rigid therewith a member 57representing a hammer, while 5 the left arm 58 carries a member 59 representing a tool or implement, such as an axe, which is being forged.Fixed to the crosshead 21 is a pin 60 which engages under the hammermember 57, causing the same to be raised and lowered, it beingunderstood that when lowered the hammer head contacts with the implement59. The latter may rest upon an anvil member 62 suitably fixed to theframe.

The manner of operation of my improved mechanical toy is as follows: Thespring 12 being wound, by means of a winding handle 63, shaft 14 iscaused to rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4,causing, through belt 16 and pulleys 15 and 17, thecrank disk 23 torotate in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4, reciprocatingthe crosshead 21 and also the sleeve 27 to which the leg of the mannikinis connected. As shaft 14 rotates, the pin 36 on arm 35 engages thefinger 39 on slidebar 37 and depresses the latter, causing the shaft 42to be rocked and the cord 45 to wind on the drum 44 and lift the block47. The various parts are so arranged that the sleeve 27 reaches itslowest point, resting on base 10, when the crosshead 21 has traveleddownwardly about one-half of its full distance, and just before the pin36 on arm engages the finger on slide-bar 37. The appearance is thusgiven of the mannikin, which represents the blacksmith depressing atreadle to operate the power hammer.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. In a mechanical toy, an upright frame having a vertical slot, ashaft, a spring motor for driving the same, an arm fixed to said shaft,a vertically movable slide-bar, a finger on the lower end of saidslide-bar adapted to be engaged by said arm to depress said slide-bar, adrum, an arm rigid with said drum, a link connecting said arm with theupper end of said slide-bar, a cord attached at one end to said drum, avertically slidable block to which said cord is attached at its otherend, a vertical guide rod for said block passing freely through thelatter and an offset from said block engaging in said vertical slot tohold the block against rotation.

2. In a mechanical toy, a shaft, a spring motor for driving the same, anarm fixed to said shaft, a vertically movable slide-bar, a finger on thelower end of said slide-bar adapted to be engaged by said arm to depresssaid slide-bar, a drum, an arm rigid with said drum, a link connectingsaid arm with the upper end of said slide-bar, a cord attached at oneend to said drum, a vertically slidable block to which said cord isattached at its other end, and means for guiding said block, said meanscomprising a vertical guide rod passing freely through said block.

3. In a mechanical toy, a hammer block, means for imparting verticalreciprocation to said block, a mannikin, a vertically movable sleeve towhich one leg of said mannikin is connected, and means for reciprocatingsaid sleeve, said means comprising a crosshead having a part 'engagingfreely under a part on said sleeve, a crank disk, a rod connecting saidcrank disk and crosshead, and means for rotating said crank disk. V 4.In a mechanical toy, a vertically 'movable hammer block, a mannikin, avertically movable sleeve to which one leg of said mannikin isconnected, means including a crosshead for reciprocating said sleeve, ahinged arm on said mannikin having a hammer member rigid therewith and apin on said crosshead engaging under said hammer element to lift thesame. v

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. 7

ANTHONY S. RYBACK.

